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The Ditch and The Delta Premieres “Fuck On Asphalt” Featuring Gentry Densley Of Eagle Twin

As Battleground Records prepares to release the Hives In Decline debut LP by Salt Lake City-based investigative sludge/math metal trio The Ditch and The Delta, The Sludgelord has issued the new track “Fuck On Asphalt,” which features guest contributions from Gentry Densley of Eagle Twin and Iceburn.

Engineered by Andy Patterson of Subrosa, Hives In Decline shows The Ditch and The Delta exploring further aspects of sound design within their unique take on doom/sludge metal. Employing different tunings, and modal centers, every song the band writes manages to avoid many of the usual doom trappings of excessive feedback, static harmony, and pentatonic riffs. Hives In Decline also features a swarm of solos by Gentry Densley (Eagle Twin, Iceburn) on the song “Fuck On Asphalt.”The lyrical content deals with everyday life and the constant suppression and alienation that comes with it. Three men from Mormon-dominated Utah are bound to have a lot of resentment and disdain for the mono culture they exist in daily.

The Sludgelord has issued Hives In Decline‘s “Fuck On Asphalt” alongside a feature highlighting some of the band’s musical influences, noting of the album, “The Ditch and The Delta will undoubtedly be a new name on the lips of many, but with the imminent release of debut album Hives In Decline that is set to change. Armed with their own unique brand of sludgy/noise/doom and love of the ‘Big Riff’, The Ditch and The Deltaimplement different tunings, and modal centers, which in turn has enabled them to avoid many of the usual doom trappings of excessive feedback, static harmony, and pentatonic riffs and in doing so they have created one of the finest debuts I have heard for many years.”